Kokia kauaiensis

Kauaʻi Kokiʻo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Kokia
Species: K. kauaiensis
Binomial name
Kokia kauaiensis
(Rock) O.Deg. & Duvel

Kokia kauaiensis, the Kauai treecotton[2] or Kauaʻi Kokiʻo, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Kauaʻi, Hawaii.

It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 350–660 m (1,150–2,170 ft). Associated plants include ʻahakea (Bobea spp.), koa (Acacia koa), lama (Diospyros sandwicensis), manono (Hedyotis spp.), hala pepe (Pleomele aurea), aupaka (Isodendrion spp.), papala kepau (Pisonia spp.), olopua (Nestegis sandwicensis), ʻōhiʻa hā (Syzygium sandwicensis), hame (Antidesma spp.), maile (Alyxia oliviformis), ʻālaʻa (Pouteria sandwicensis), aʻiaʻi (Streblus pendulinus), alaheʻe (Psydrax odorata), uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis), aloalo (Hibiscus spp.), mēhamehame (Flueggea neowawraea), alani (Melicope spp.), palapalai lau liʻi (Asplenium laciniatum), ʻoheʻohe (Tetraplasandra spp.), ʻakoko (Euphorbia celastroides), nehe (Lipochaeta fauriei), ʻaʻaliʻi (Dodonaea viscosa), ʻiliahi (Santalum spp.), poʻolā (Claoxylon sandwicense), and ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha).

Kauaʻi Kokiʻo is a small tree, reaching a height of 5–10 m (16–33 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

Today there are about 45 or 50 individuals remaining.[4] At one point there was only a single tree remaining.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Kokia kauaiensis. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Kokia kauaiensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kokia kauaiensis". CPC National Collection Plant Profiles. Center for Plant Conservation. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  4. ↑ USFWS. Kokia kauaiensis Five-year Review. August 2010.


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